Operational Acceptance Testing Contracts in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Operational Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 155 187
Rank change year-on-year +25 +32 -31
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 7 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £328 £450 £368
25th Percentile £344 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +11.11% -12.96%
75th Percentile £750 - £469
90th Percentile - £525 £488
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,253 3,057 4,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.14% 88.38% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,131 3,302
10th Percentile £236 £250 £233
25th Percentile £356 £370 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 120 155
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.64 £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.25 £33.30
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 5 £345 - 4
West Midlands +25 2 £700 +40.00%
Operational Acceptance Testing
England

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
1 4 (57.14%) JMeter
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) OAT Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Performance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Data Science
3 2 (28.57%) Data Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Traceability Matrix
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Databricks